and the people thereof, fifty-nine nations having accepted the invitation of the government of the United States to attend and participate in said exposition rendered it necessary in order to meet the ascertained necessities of the occasion and properly comply with the true spirit of the act of congress to greatly enlarge the scope and plan, and increase the facilities for installing exhibits beyond what was at the date of the passage of said act of congress deemed adequate, involving an outlay of at least eighteen million ($18.000 000) dollars, being eight million ($8.000.000) dollars in excess of the amount originally estimated and required by said act and which the citizens of Chicago undertook to pay; and WHEREAS, We are informed that the world's Columbian exposition having immediate charge of the work in preparation for holding said world's Columbian exposition, have petitioned congress to aid in de fraying the increased cost over and above the sum fixed by the act before mentioned as sufficient for making complete preparation for inaugurating and holding the exposition, in a manner required by the spirit and intent of said act by an appropriation of five million ($5,000,000) dollars, said sum to be disbursed by the government on approved estimates; and WHEREAS, We believe that this national undertaking was conceived in a patriotic spirit, and if conducted in a manner and on a scope and plan commensurate with the dignity and resources of the nation and in harmony with the character and intelligence of our people, great good will result to the citizens of every section and state; and WHEREAS, The citizens of Chicago having discharged the obligations assumed by them in a manner alike honorable to them and creditable to the nation, it is obviously unjust to impose on that single community the increased and unprecedented [burden] of paying the entire sum of eighteen million ($18,000,000) dollars to complete a national and interna tional enterprise authorized and promoted by congress in the interest of all the people of the United States, and especially in view of the fact that the citizens of that community guarantee to provide the excess above the five million ($5,000,000) dollars, making the entire sum provided by the citizens of Chicago, thirteen million ($13,000,000) dollars; therefore, Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the senators and members of congress from Ohio be and they are hereby requested to vote for an appropriation of five million ($5000.000) dollars or more, if need be, to aid in completing the work in preparation for holding said international exposition. And be it further resolved, That a copy of this joint resolution be sent. by the governor to each senator and each representative in congress from Ohio. LEWIS C. LAYLIN Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted March 31, 1892. [Senate Joint Resolution No. 19.] JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to printing report of bureau of building and loan associations. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the supervisor of public printing be and is hereby directed to cause to be printed the annual report of the bureau of building and loan assce'ations, as follows: For the inspector, five thousand copies, two thousand of which shall be in the German language; for each member of the general assembly, fifteen copies. LEWIS C. LAYLIN Adopted April 12, 1892. [Senate Joint Resolution No. 12.] JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to adjourning. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the present session o' the seventieth general assembly adjourn on Monday. April 18th, 1892, at 12 o'clock, m., to meet again on Tuesday, January 3d, 1893, at 4 o'clock, p. m. LEWIS C. LAYLIN, Speaker of the House of Representados, ELBERT L. LAMISON Adopted April 15, 1892. President pro tem. f [House Joint Resolution No. 37.] JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to authorizing the commissioner of railroads and telegraphs to cause certain railroad maps to be printed. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That in addition to the railroad maps of Ohio, authorized to be printed by section 63 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, the commissioner of railroads and telegraphs be and he is hereby authoriz d to have printed fifteen thousand additional maps, twelve thousand of which shall be mounted on pasteboard, and three thousand in pocket edition form; provided, that the cost of the additional maps shall not exceed one thousand dollars, and that the same be paid out of the printing fund; and provided, further, that of these additional maps each member of the general assembly shall receive eighty copies of those mounted on pasteboard, and twenty copies of the pocket edition. Adopted April 16, 1892. LEWIS C. LAYLIN Speaker of the House of Representatives, President of the Senate [Senate Joint Resolution No. 20.] JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the secretary of state to print the election laws. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the secretary of state be and is hereby authorized to have printed. in pamphlet form, fifteen thousand copies of the election laws of Ohio; fifty copies of said pamphlets, when printed, shall be sent to each member of the general assembly, and the rest for general distribution. The expense for printing said pamphlets shall be paid out of any money appropriated for expenses of public printing. ELVERTON J. CLAPP, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Adopted April 18, 1892. President of the Senate. [House Joint Resolution No. 38.] JOINT RESOLUTION Directing the adjutant-general to replace a certain obstruction in the flue leading from the book-room of the state-house and placing a steam coil in said book-room. WHEREAS, Senate joint resolution No. 50, O. L., vol. 84, page 451, adopted March 21st, 1887, authorizing the adjutant general to remove an obstruction in the flue running from the grate in the book-room in the basement of the state-house; WHEREAS, The adjutant-general, in carrying out the instructions contained in said senate joint resolution, destroyed the usefulness of the grate in the office of the treasurer of state directly over the said book room; WHEREAS, For the safe protection of the state's property two watchmen are required to remain all night in the said office of the treasurer of state, and as there is no means of heating this room since the grate was destroyed and gas taken out of the building; Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the adjutant-general be and he is hereby empowered and directed to replace said obstruction to said flue in the same condition it was prior to the adoption of said resolution No. 50, and that he be directed and required to place a steam coil in said book-room sufficient to heat it in a comfort able manner. Adopted April 18, 1892. LEWIS C. LAYLIN Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. [House Joint Resolution No. 39.] JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the trustees of the institution for deaf and dumb to sign a petition under the provisions named within. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of the institution for deaf and dumb be and they are hereby authorized to sign a petition granting to the Columbus Consolidated Street R. R. Co. the right to lay a double-track street railroad in front of the property of the state of Ohio on Oak street in the city of Columbus between Grant avenue and Washington avenue; and granting consent to the narrowing of the sidewalk on said Oak street two and one-half feet; provided that the expense of setting back the curb on said Oak street be borne by the Columbus Consolidated Street R. R. Co., and that the said Street R. R. Co improve said Oak street in front of the property of the state of Ohio, by putting down a new street pavement at the expense of the said Street R R. Co., said street pavement to be Hayden block. Directing the board of public works to pay certain indebtedness. WHEREAS. The state of Ohio is indebted to Kobler and Musser, attorneys of Akron, Ohio, in the sum of one hun ired and ninety-five dollars ($195.00), and to R. W. Sa ler, a torney, Akron, Ohio, in the sum of four hundred forty-nine dollars and seventy-two cents ($449.72), and to H. K. Souder, court stenographer, Akron, Ohio, in the sum of seventy-two dollars ($72.00); and WHEREAS, All of said indebtedness was incurred by the state in litigation cone rning canal iands in said city of Akron; now, therefore, Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of public works of the state of Ohio be and said board hereby is directed and required to pay to the said Kohler and Musser, the said sum of $195.00; and to the said R. W. Sadler. the said sum of $449 72; and to the said H. K. Souder, the said sum of $72.00, out of the funds heretofore appropriated to the said board of public works for the northern division of the Ohio canal, or out of any funds heretofore appropriated to said board of public works for the payment of attorney fees, as said board of pub ic w. rks may elect. LEWIS C. LAYLIN Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted April 18, 1892. President of the Senate. [House Joint Resolution No. 41.] JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to printing 1,200 copies of the "manual of legislative practice." Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the clerk of the senate and clerk of the house of representatives are hereby directed to revise, correct and have printed and bound 1 200 copies of the "manual of legislative practice in the general assembly of Ohio," for the years 1892-93; three hundred copies for the use of the senate and 900 for the use of the house of representatives. LEWIS C. LAYLIN Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted April 18, 1892. President of the Senate. STATE OF OHIO, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE. I, C. L. POORMAN, Secretary of State of the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the foregoing acts and joint resolutions were printed under and by the authority of the General Assembly of said State, and that the same are true copies, copied from the original rolls on file in this office, of the acts passed and the joint resolutions adopted by the Seventieth General Assembly of the State of Ohio, at its regular session, begun January 4, 1892, and ended April 18, 1892, and held in the city of Columbus. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my official seal, at Columbus, the 19th day of July, A. D. 1892. C. L. POORMAN, Secretary of State. [SEAL] |